"Tech industry professionals all around scoff at the reported accuracy numbers, but that's okay to Pangram because they don't need the buy-in from the tech industry—they need the buy-in from publishing... if they can convince agents and editors that Pangram is accurate... then Pangram wins."

There's A New Villain In The Publishing Industry

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As ever, the thing stopping me from checking in about this WIP or how much I've been digging @fromkalliope.bsky.social so far (and comparing it to other apps to find other things I would like it to do) is because I'VE GOTTEN SO LITTLE WRITING DONE THIS WEEK I promise I'm trying but goddamn my brain

I spent some time with Jenna and Cait this week on "Margs & Manuscripts" where we talked about writing, writing tools, and AI. It was a ton of fun! I Wanted to Hate This Writing App margsandmanuscritspod.substack.com/p/you-dont-n... #writingcommunity #booksky

I Wanted to Hate This Writing App

A UX strategist looks at Kalliope, the writing app built to fix writers’ problems instead of following trends This post is sponsored by Kalliope. As always, all opinions are our own. No BS.

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Their reactions are quite telling because, before this point, many AI proponents argued that enough readers would not care if they learned an entertaining book was AI. Now those readers will learn it from the source itself. What is suddenly the issue now, if the intention was never creative fraud?

Lincoln Michel@thelincoln.bsky.social · last wk.

Gotta admit I'm getting a lot of schadenfreude from the freakouts about Claude's watermarks and the horrifying idea you might actually have to do your own work to get credit for the work.

Perfect weather for dressing in armor tonight! Plus, what better excuse to dress up as a Cleric of Iomedae than handing out candy to trick-or-treaters?

[hackerman voice] I'M IN @fromkalliope.bsky.social

Ria is always trying to cheat the system!

Kalliope | Creative Writing App@fromkalliope.bsky.social · 2w ago

About four weeks ago we decided it would be fun if I didn't have access to our download stats so that a month post launch, we could do a big progress reveal. Yeah. Can report 12 hours in: as the person not in the know, it is not fun. That means we're going to have to cheat the system.

Last week I said we'd made it easy to import from Scrivener and Word (among other things). Wanta see me do it live? Watch the below walkthrough (sorry it's long - I showed both file formats). The first attempt I ended up recording a blank screen for 8 minutes, so coulda been worse.

I just want to clarify that this is 'mongoose' the animal. I grew up in the 90s and have seen/ridden lots of BMX bikes. Sorry for any confusion this has caused.

Kalliope | Creative Writing App@fromkalliope.bsky.social · 2w ago

We're a Twin Cities-based startup making cool things for writers. This account is run by Ria (she/her; writer; painter; COO; friend to cats) who is too tired to also have a personal account. @cjpridemore.bsky.social (he/him; writer; developer; CEO; has never seen a mongoose) pesters the account.

Fun fact: The first piece of software that would become Kalliope Draft was a plugin I created for Obsidian called "Prose Lens." It tracks verb and adjective use while providing a thesaurus that can measure the intensity of words and provide suggestions. Prose Lens is still in Kalliope Draft!

We know everyone loves a sneak-peek, so here’s a quick look at the drafting pane in action. With over 100 features, Kalliope Draft is a monster. We’ll be sharing until we bring them all to life. Or until you come after us with pitchforks. In the meantime, this is called Ink & Paper mode.

We know not everyone works the same way, so we made it possible to set and track a variety of types of goals. Chose from word count, scenes, chapters, time, or go full custom and endeavor to remove all your filler words on a Thursday. It’s your party (we’ll bring the confetti).

Spongebob and Squidward: Stop It Oh

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Publishers have spent a long time outsourcing their work to everyone else. Editing, marketing, reviewing the slush pile--all things publishers use to handle but now outsource. Some publishers are trying to abdicate their last remaining responsibilities to machines. We believe there's another way.

Kalliope | Creative Writing App@fromkalliope.bsky.social · 3w ago

We believe AI detectors inappropriately outsource human judgement and are mathematically flawed. Soon you'll meet the Chirograph: immutable evidence of a document's drafting history. No AI needed. We aren’t the arbiters of humanness, but we are offering tools to make those decisions easier.

Dear writers: Trying something new shouldn't be an ordeal. We've made it as easy as we can to bring a project over to Kalliope Draft. Or you could always start a new one instead. Get ready...because in November, you'll be able to write your 50,000 words in Kalliope Draft for FREE.

@therisingtithes.bsky.social Alright Brandon! You got me to make a Blue Sky account.